Pustaka Ilmiah Universitas Padjadjaran

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QUALITY OF LIFE OF PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS

There has been a change in mental health services where the services no longer focus only on treatment but rather to how people who experience mental illness can have a good quality of life. Regarding this trend, mental health nursing should enhance quality of care for people with mental illness. However, do we really understand what it is like being someone who lives with mental illness ? Do they experience a good quality of life ? How to measure their quality of life ? What are the factors that influence their quality of life? Current research regarding this issue will be explored. Conceps and models related to quality of life of people with mental illness will be described and dscussed. The relationship between quality of life and recovery will also be explored as well as the role of nurses and families in supporting them to achieve a good quality of life.